Zune Kaboom
In the epic-fail department, people sporting the Microsoft Zune on December 31st were dismayed to find their portable entertainment system had gone belly up. Apparently the little-iPod’s-that-couldn’t spontaneously reboo
Mashup Shows Nuclear Explosion Effects
In the extra-crispy department, I caught this on the Wired blog. Basically it’s a Google Maps mashup that will show you how cooked you’ll be should a nuclear device land on your head. You can find it here. It uses some e
Happy Holidays!
Have a happy and safe holiday season! –Fuzzy Tolerance
Another Quick Google Maps Mashup
Recently an organization called the Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) approached us about making a quick application for a festival they were having. Basically they wanted to give their staff the ability
The Latest IE Debacle
In the water-is-wet department, IE has another enormous security hole that will destroy your machine and could possibly kill your dog. You’ll find this news everywhere, but Slashdot has a pretty good summary. Basically i
Doing a (very) Little GIS with MySQL
Long Story Short: http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/demo_eplan/ Long Story Long: A problem recently came to my desk by way of the Fire Department. It seems they will soon begin using some cool software written by a unive
Positive Trends for FOSS
Every year people make predictions about what’s up and coming in technology. As in, “This is the year of the Blank Blank Blank!“ I don’t like to do that, for the simple reason that I’m terrible at predictions. I have pic
Geospatial Portal v2.0
Around the end of each year I start going over some of my sites and applications with a critical eye. While my sense of style is consistently bad, over time it evolves in various (bad) ways. Often when I look at somethin
SketchUp 7 Released and Native Flash 64bit on Linux
First, in the department-cubed department, Google SketchUp 7 has been released. Google SketchUp is 3D modeling software with spatial overtones. It’s probably the easiest tool out there for making detailed 3D models for i
Ancient Rome in Google Earth
From the I-am-Spartacus! department, an article on BBC alerted me to a detailed 3D rendering of ancient Rome in Google Earth. Just fire up Google Earth, head to Gallery in the Layers section, and turn on Ancient Rome in